Bust-girdle.



PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

N. DUNLAP.

BUST GIRDLB. APPLICATION FILED JULY 5, 1908' In: mmms PETERS co,WASHINGTON, n. c.

PATENT ornron NORA DUNLAP, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BUST-GIRDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

fi gcatiot: 5131 July 5,1906. Serial No. 324,838.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NORA -DUNLAP, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bust-Girdles, of which the following is aspecification.

The main object of this invention is to provide an improved bust girdleof simple and strong structure, and of convenient form to be readilyattached to the wearer and to be readily adjusted both vertically and inwidth to suit the form of the wearer. These objects are accomplished bythe structure shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bustgirdle constructed according tothis invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view omitting some of the detailsand showing the position of the girdle when the front straps are tiedtogether, in the form in which the device will appear when adjusted inwidth to the body of the wearer. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showingthe manner in which the girdle is secured and adjusted in connectionwith a corset.

The body of the girdle is formed of the parts 1 which are connected inthe back at the seam 2 and secured to the parts 3 at the seams .1. Theparts 3 are sewed upon a strap 5 both at the seams 6 and at the seams 7and 8. The parts 3 are extended to form the straps 9 each of which issewed at 10 to the lower part of the body 1, so as to leave openings at11 between the body and each strap 9. The body is provided with darts 12and 13 at each side to improve the fit of the girdle and is providedwith a plurality of stays 14 at each of the arm-holes. These serve topush the surplus flesh down and in, and serve to hold the lower part ofthe garment down in proper position. The strap 5 is provided with abuttoning loop 15 and an adjusting buckle 16, the end of said strapbeing secured to said buckle, and the strap extending through a slot inthe buttoning loop 15 in the usual manner which is employed in adjustingthe length of similar straps. A pair of tapes 17 are secured to thelower edge 20 at the back of the garment. The straps 9 are formed as adownward extension of the parts 3, and said parts 3 are formed to widentoward their upper parts so as to in1- prove the fit of the girdle andto provide a seam extending from the lower middle part of the girdletoward each shoulder strap, to strengthen the girdle against the strainthereon when the straps 9 are tied together.

The girdle is fitted and adjusted to the wearer in the following manner:The wearer will attach the girdle by drawing it down over the head andarms so as to support the same around the bust means of the shoulderstraps 18. The ends of the straps 9 will then be passed through theopposite openings 11, and will be drawn together and tied in front asshown in Fig. 2. These may be tied directly without being passed throughthe openings 11. Said openings, however, provide for a better bindingeffect in tying the knot when a tight fit is desired. The tapes 17 willbe passed through the corset lacing at the back and drawn forward aroundthe waist, outside of the corset where they are tied as shown in Fig. 3.The knot formed with the straps 9 will be pulled through the frontopening in the corset and held in this position between the front buskswhen the same are secured together. The strap 5 will be adjusted to thedesired length by means of the buckle 16 before the corset is fasteneddown the front, and the loop 15 will be secured over one of the corsetfastenings or studs. This serves to hold the front of the girdle down inproper position. The straps 9, when knotted together, provide forconsiderable fullness of the girdle at 19 as indicated in Fig. 2. Thisprovides for releasing the pressure of the girdle at the upper middlepart by lengthening the strap 5. The lower edge 20 of the back of thegirdle is held down to the proper position by means of the device 17.The girdle may be used without a corset but is particularly adapted foruse in connection with a corset, whereby it is held in proper positionas shown in Fig. 3.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bust girdle comprising a body part having shoulder straps formedthereon and having a tie strap at each side of the lower front edge ofthe body part, said tie straps being suitably spaced to permit ofadjusting the width of the girdle, and a strap extending downwardly fromthe front of the girdle and provided with attaching means adapted toengage the front of a corset.

2. A bust girdle comprising a body part having shoulder straps formedthereon and having a tie strap at each side of the lower front part ofthe body part, said straps being suitably spaced to permit of adjustingthe width of the girdle therewith, each of said straps being so securedto the front and lower edge of the body part as to leave an openingbetween said strap and body part for retaining the opposite strap, andan additional strap extending downwardly from the front of the girdlefor its vertical adjustment.

3. A bust girdle comprising a body part having shoulder straps formedthereon and having a tie strap at each side of the lower front part ofthe body part, said straps being suitably spaced to permit of adjustingthe width of the girdle therewith, each of said straps being so securedto the front and lower edge of the body part as to leave an openingbetween said strap and body part for retaining the opposite strap. I

4. A bust girdle comprising a body part forming a continuous bandadaptedto surround the bust of the wearer, and having shoulder straps thereon,said girdle being out out at the middle part of its lower front edge, astrap secured at each side of said cutout portion, said straps beingadapted to be secured together for adjusting the width of the girdle,and an additional strap extending downwardly and secured above saidcut-out portion for adjusting the girdle vertically.

5. A bust girdle comprising a body part, permanently closed across thefront having shoulder-straps thereon, said body part having secured tothe upper front edge thereof, and extending downwardly below said bodypart, a pair of straps whichare widened at their upper parts to extendfrom the middle toward said shoulder straps, and having their lower endsadapted. to be secured together for adjusting the width of the girdle.

6. A bust girdle comprising a body part having shoulder-straps thereon,said body part having secured to the upper front edge thereof, andextending downwardly below said body part, a pair of straps which arewidened at their upper parts to extend from the middle toward saidshoulder-straps, and having their lower ends adapted to be securedtogether for adjusting the width of the girdle, and an additional strapsecured at the upper middle part of said pair of straps and ex tendingdownwardly and adapted for vertical adjustment of the girdle.

7. A bust girdle comprising a body part having shoulder-straps thereonand being cut out at the lower front edge, a strap secured to said loweredge at each side of said cut-out portion, said straps being adapted tobe secured together for adjusting the width of the girdle, and a pair oftapes secured to the lower back edge of the girdle and adapted to extendaround the waist for adjusting the back vertically on the wearer.

8. A bust girdle comprising a body part, permanently closed across thefront having shoulder-straps formed thereon, said body part being cutout at the middle part of its front lower edge, a pair of straps eachbeing widened at their upper ends, secured together and to said bodypart so as to form the front upper edge of the'girdle, and beingextended downwardly at each side of said cut-out portion and adapted. tobe tied together for adjusting the width of the girdle.

9. A bust girdle comprising a body'part having shoulder straps formedthereon, said body part being cut out at the middle part of its frontlower edge, a pair of straps each being widened at their upper ends,secured together and to said body part so as to form the front upperedge of the girdle, and being extended downwardly at each side of saidcut-out portion and adapted to be tied together for adjusting the widthof the girdle, and an additional strap secured. to said pair of strapsat their middle connected part, be-

ing adjustable in length and having a buttoning loop at its lower part.

10. A bust girdle comprising a body part having shoulder straps formedthereon and having a tie strap at each side of the lower front part ofthe body part, said straps being suitably spaced to permit of adjustingthe width of the girdle therewith, a loop at each side of the lowerfront part of the body part adapted to receive the opposite strap, andan additional strap extending downwardly from the front of the girdlefor its vertical adjustment.

Signed at Chicago this 30th day of June, 1906.

NORA DUNLAP.

Witnesses:

L. A. SMITH, WM. R. RUMMLER.

